Martin Nemcovsky

myspace backgrounds - GENERATE YOUR OWN WORLDMAP NOW!Guitarist Martin Nemcovsky moved to Vancouver from his native Rosario, Argentina in 2003, where he recorded two CDs of jazz with his partner Carlos Gantus (www.carlosgantus.com.ar) under the name Jazz Friends, performed at the 2000 International Tango Summit with Cacho Tirao (Astor Piazzolla’s guitarist) and worked as a session guitarist and arranger, and teacher of guitar. Since moving to Vancouver, he has focused primarily on private teaching, with Cantango (www.cantango.net) marking a return to regular performance and recording. His extensive musical education includes private guitar studies with Armando Alonso in Buenos Aires, a Degree in Music Pedagogy from the Municipal Conservatory of Music in Rosario and a Diploma in Orchestration and Composition from the Superior Institute of Art in Havana, Cuba, where he studied in 1992-3. Added to this are his works as arranger, and guitarist in diferent groups and soloists from Argentina and Canada. Actually he plays with the talented singer Michelle Richard, and the renowned composer and bandoneonist Doug Schmidt.